The Martian movie review: life on Mars
An excellent complement to the novel, simplifying the science without dumbing it down yet retaining the suspense and urgency of its interplanetary stranding.
Sean Bean
Jupiter Ascending movie review: princess drearies
Sees no need to engage metaphor or dispense with cliché, so when you haven’t seen it before, you can’t believe what you’re seeing. And not in a good way.
I think we need to get “The War on Art” trending as an idea (and other adventures in social networking)
What my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today…
Game of Thrones: The Complete First Season (review)
May well be the most solidly confident storytelling I’ve seen on television, perhaps ever…
Game of Thrones Season One watch-a-thon: “Baelor”
Joffrey. *simmering rage* You will get yours, you little brat rat.
Game of Thrones Season One watch-a-thon: “The Wolf and the Lion”
This is the craziest fucking show I’ve ever seen. I. Love. It. So. Much.
watch it: “Sean Bean Death Reel”
Needless to say, this is really bloody and violent, and contains tons of spoilers.
the oh-yes! DVD of the week: ‘Lorna Doone’
Sean Bean, Clive Owen, and Polly Walker, all babies in a 20-year-old TV thing trotted out now for your delicious enjoyment…
best and worst movie quotes of 2010
Oh yeah, I’m late with this. I carefully gather them all year long and then I never get around to posting them. So here they are at long last. And for 2011, I’m just gonna post ’em as they come in. So there.
trailer break: ‘Ironclad’
This is a thing lately: medieval British action movies…
